MEMPHIS, TENN. — SunTrust Bank and BB&T have agreed to sell 30 SunTrust branches in Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina to First Horizon National Corp. As part of the agreement, Memphis-based First Horizon will assume approximately $2.4 billion in deposits and will purchase approximately $410 million in loans. SunTrust and BB&T are selling the banking locations to satisfy regulatory requirements in connection with the previously announced “merger of equals” between SunTrust and BB&T. The transaction is expected to close in early 2020. There are nine branch locations in the Winston-Salem area; 11 in the Raleigh-Durham area; two near Roanoke, Va.; three near Martinsville, Va.; two near Eastern Shore, Va.; one in South Boston, Va.; and two in north Georgia. All 30 branches will operate under the First Horizon flag. First Horizon operates about 270 bank locations across the Southeast. The acquisition also includes all the employee teams at the locations.
FREDERICK, MD. — Frederick Memorial Healthcare Systems (Frederick Health) has acquired the former State Farm office campus in Frederick for $18.6 million in an effort to expand its footprint in the area. Located at 1 State Farm Drive four miles north of downtown Frederick, the campus comprises a 387,000-square-foot office building, 1,600 parking spaces and 20,000 square feet of warehouse space. The newly named Frederick Health Village will allow Frederick Health to move its call center, home healthcare services, hospice and other administrative offices to the site, plus plan for further expansion. Frederick Health currently has offices in downtown Frederick. Jim Fitzgerald and Seamus Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Realty Group represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
DURHAM, N.C. — Longfellow Real Estate Partners has purchased Swabia Court, a 112,340-square-foot office building within Research Triangle Park in Durham, for $12.2 million. Longfellow plans to renovate the property in first-quarter 2020 to add lab space and implement its amenities and hospitality program, Elevate, which includes amenities such as fitness centers, tailored lunch and learns, pop-up shops, gathering spaces and services such as salon, dental and dry cleaning. Swabia Court was built in 1987 and is situated at 1035 Swabia Court, 10 miles south of downtown Durham. Capital Square 1031 LLC was the seller.
DUMFRIES, VA. — Hamilton Zanze has bought Oasis at Montclair Apartments, a 244-unit multifamily community in Dumfries. The property is located at 16500 Stedham Circle, 31 miles south of downtown Washington, D.C., and 28 miles south of Amazon’s planned HQ2. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,016 square feet. Communal amenities include a fitness center, car wash, coffee bar, dog park, internet café, movie theater, clubhouse, outdoor fitness center, outdoor cabanas with grills, pool and a yoga room. Hamilton Zanze plans to renovate 219 units to include vinyl plank flooring, stainless steel appliances, new lighting and smart home technology. The company will also refresh all community amenities and replace the theater room and outdoor workout area. Mission Rock Residential will manage the property. The seller was not disclosed.
DALLAS — Sam Moon Group will develop a 283-room JW Marriott hotel at 2000 Ross Ave. in downtown Dallas. The 15-story building, which will be the first hotel of that brand in the city, will be built on top of an existing 10-story parking garage and will feature a restaurant, lobby bar, fitness center, rooftop pool and bar and ballroom/meeting space. HKS Inc. is the project architect, and a general contractor will be selected in the first quarter of 2020. Completion is slated for February 2022.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Dallas-based design-build firm Arco/Murray has completed Oak Hill Self Storage, a 124,000-square-foot facility in Austin. The four-story property features 728 units and includes a 1,500-square-foot office space. Arco/Murray handled the architectural, engineering, permitting and construction of the project on behalf of the Houston-based developer, The Jenkins Organization.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — A partnership between locally based investment firms Reserve Capital Partners and 2GR Equity has acquired Two Colinas Crossing, a 180,504-square-foot office building located in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. The Class A property was built in 2000 and houses tenants such as IBM, S&P Global, BBVA and Home Point Financial. Clint Coe, Jason Piering and Jack Crews of JLL brokered the deal. The seller was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Weingarten Realty Investors has purchased The Shops at Hilshire Village, a 117,893-square-foot, Kroger-anchored shopping center in Houston. Located adjacent to Memorial Villages, the property is situated in a trade area that has 135,000 people within a three-mile radius of the center and an average household income of $117,000. Other tenants include Walgreens, Petco, Starbucks and Domino’s Pizza. The seller was not disclosed.
PASADENA, CALIF. — JLL has brokered the $193 million sale and secured $160 million in financing for The Pasadena Collection, an institutional-quality office portfolio in Pasadena. Swift Real Estate Partners acquired the asset from a global investment manager. Totaling 516,890 square feet, the portfolio includes a 146,313-square-foot building at 790 E. Colorado Blvd., a 211,792-square-foot building at 155 N. Lake Ave. and a 158,785-square-foot building at 35 N. Lake Ave. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 68 percent occupied. Michael Leggett, Andrew Harper and Matt McRoskey of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, while Paul Brindley, Todd Sugimoto, Jeff Sause and Steven Paskover of JLL Capital Market secured acquisition financing for the buyer.
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for The Woods of Haltom Apartment Homes, an 89-unit multifamily community located north of Fort Worth. The loan, which carried a 12-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule, was arranged through a partnership with Old Capital Lending for borrower Haltom Woods LLC.